Effects of serial sectioning and repair of radial tears in the lateral meniscus

American Journal of Sports Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1863-1870

  Ode, Gabriella E ^a   Van Thiel, Geoffrey S ^a,b   McArthur, Samuel A ^a   Dishkin Paset, Justin ^a   Leurgans, Sue E ^a   Shewman, Elizabeth F ^a   Wang, Vincent M ^a   Cole, Brian J ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Rockford Orthopedic Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

knee biomechanics; lateral meniscus; meniscus repair; radial tear

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; KNEE INJURY; KNEE MENISCUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMECHANICS; CADAVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; KNEE INJURIES; MALE; MENISCI, TIBIAL; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 84864656030     PISSN: 03635465     EISSN: 15523365     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0363546512453291     Document Type: Article

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